Summer workouts have players ready for start of fall practices

Kubasaki senior Jameson Hawkins does some heavy lifting during informal summer workouts. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — When school lets out in early June, student-athletes are supposed to be on vacation.

Quite a few didn’t get the message, at least at Kadena and Kubasaki high schools on Okinawa.

With team captains leading the way, football and volleyball players conducted informal workouts leading up to the first official day of DODEA-Pacific team tryouts.

Some teams began their tryouts Monday. Others are delaying theirs until later in the month.